The golden circles gradually began disappearing from Schierke's hand.
The Bloody Eclipse tattoo visibly absorbed them, swallowing every last one as though they were food.
And the moment the final circle vanished, Schierke's blackened hand melted away and fell to the ground.
A dark substance continued dripping from the stump where her hand had been.
"Ah… How disgusting. I really liked that hand."
Despite losing an entire hand, Schierke showed no sign of pain.
She merely looked annoyed, nothing more.
Ethan, on the other hand, could barely breathe a sigh of relief.
He slumped helplessly within the chains, unable to muster even the slightest strength in his body.
Schierke took his weakened state as a sign that it was finally time to release him.
With a single snap of the fingers on her remaining hand, the chains disappeared as though they had never existed.
Ethan collapsed onto the ground at her feet.
